Comments on: ATLA and Newsweek

By: Suing the chaperone

Suing the chaperone — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:58:27 +0000

[...] of the press coverage indicates why the Volunteer Protection Act did not [...]

By: forum

forum — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:05:12 +0000

Newsweek vs. ATLA: Stuart Taylor, Jr. responds (I)

Newsweek, as is typical for a newsweekly, published only a terse editorial response (see previous post) to the litigation lobby’s concerted attack on its reporting. However, Stuart Taylor, Jr., the distinguished veteran journalist who (with Evan Thomas…

By: forum

forum — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:04:08 +0000

Newsweek vs. ATLA: Stuart Taylor, Jr. responds (II)

As mentioned in our last post, Stuart Taylor, Jr. has consented to let us reprint his point-by-point rebuttal to ATLA’s attack on his Dec. 15 Newsweek cover story “Lawsuit Hell” (see Dec. 8, Dec. 12, Dec. 15). We’ve split it…

By: forum

forum — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:27:26 +0000

Tort reform opponents play race card

Apparently lacking in meritorious arguments, opponents of tort reform have resorted to a strategy of accusing tort reform advocates of racism. According to the “Center for Justice and Democracy,” “racial prejudice lurks behind the ‘tort reform’ movemen…

By: The Curmudgeonly Clerk

The Curmudgeonly Clerk — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:45:13 +0000

More on Tort Reform

Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Evan Thomas have a lauded article in Newsweek on litigation fears and tort reform. Given the…